title: Application of the SAAM modeling program to minimal model analysis of intravenous glucose tolerance test data.
abstract: The minimal model approach to analysis of intravenous glucose tolerance tests (IVGTT) yields estimates of parameters representing insulin sensitivity, glucose-mediated glucose disposal and pancreatic responsiveness. The precision of these estimates can deteriorate if the glucose and insulin data lack well-defined structure or freedom from data noise (random error). The precision of parameter estimates can be enhanced if data sets from two or more IVGTTs, obtained under different experimental conditions in the same subject, are analysed together in one data file. Following initial fitting using CONSAM, the conversational version of the modeling program SAAM, those parameters whose estimates remain at the same value under the different experimental conditions are constrained. This effectively reduces the number of adjustable parameters, and their estimates can then be fine-tuned with enhanced precision using the batch version of SAAM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biology, Footscray Institute of Technology, Vic., Australia.
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Best
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Boston
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004285:Dogs; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008954:Models, Biological; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin